Operation Manual

28 FT-2900R OPERATING MANUAL
CTCSS/DCS/EPCS OPERATION
Activating the Enhanced Paging & Code Squelch System
1. Press and hold in the
[
MHz
(
SET
)]
key for one second, then
rotate the DIAL knob to select “
32 PAGER32 PAGER
32 PAGER32 PAGER
32 PAGER.”
2. Press the
[
MHz
(
SET
)]
key, then rotate the DIAL knob to
set this Menu item to “
ONON
ONON
ON.”
3. Press and hold in the
[
MHz
(
SET
)]
key for one second to
save the new setting and exit to normal operation.
4. To disable the Enhanced Paging & Code Squelch, just repeat the above procedure, rotat-
ing the DIAL knob to select “
OFFOFF
OFFOFF
OFF” in step 2 above.
When the Enhanced Paging & Code Squelch feature is activated, the “
PP
PP
P” notation will
appear by the 100 MHz digit of the frequency display.
Paging Answer Back
When you press the PTT switch to respond to a page call, the FT-2900R transmits the
Transmitting CTCSS Tone pair. This tone pair will open the Code Squelch of the calling
station. If you prefer, you can have the FT-2900R respond to page calls automatically
(“transpond”).
To enable this feature:
1. Press and hold in the
[
MHz
(
SET
)]
key for one second, then
rotate the DIAL knob to select “
33 PAG.ABK33 PAG.ABK
33 PAG.ABK33 PAG.ABK
33 PAG.ABK.”
2. Press the
[
MHz
(
SET
)]
key, then rotate the DIAL knob to
set this Menu item to “
ONON
ONON
ON.”
3. Press and hold in the
[
MHz
(
SET
)]
key for one second to
save the new setting and exit to normal operation.
4. To disable the Paging Answer Back feature, just repeat the above procedure, rotating
the DIAL knob to select “
OFFOFF
OFFOFF
OFF” in step 2 above.
EPCS
(
ENHANCED PAGING & CODE SQUELCH
)
OPERATION